v Millwall (a) - 21/12/2024

[CambridgeRover]

Hold on when Hedges resigned so many people where justifying it as a good player, a grafter.

He is a completely poor player 

[neophox]

Tought we looked stronger before the subs.... Millwall strong at home but a point where there for the taking. Millwall management beat us today.

[Cherry Blue]

2 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

How do you know?

So who's his replacement? Buckley? 😞

[neophox]

Just now, Cherry Blue said:

So who's his replacement? Buckley? 😞

Baker will be in for Trav if he's out on thursday. Hopefully just a knock. 

[Silas]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

If you could explain where the ref got 8 minutes from today I'd be much obliged.

We did have 2 serious injuries, there was lots of set pieces in corners and free kicks.

Plus all the subs.

Would have thought more 6 or 7 injury time, but can't really argue over an extra minute or two. 

[Forever Blue]

We’re 5th and having a much better season than anyone imagined.

Up the mighty fucking Rovers!

Bring on Sunderland.

Merry fucking Christmas!!

[aletheia]

4 minutes ago, superniko said:

Ref was fine mate - Rovers weren’t 

No, there isn't a ref in the land who has a clue 😉

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

Grim. A waste of time for everyone who bothered to make the effort to turn up. Only one side was going to win that. Millwall had nothing about them but if you allow any side to keep throwing balls into the box eventually something will happen. 

[roversinmyblood]

1 minute ago, Cherry Blue said:

So who's his replacement? Buckley? 😞

Baker. 

[neophox]

Hopefullt fired up against Sunderland after his. Merry Christmas all!

[Forever Blue]

1 minute ago, Cherry Blue said:

So who's his replacement? Buckley? 😞

He might be back in a week. We don’t know the injury yet

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, neophox said:

Tought we looked stronger before the subs.... Millwall strong at home but a point where there for the taking. Millwall management beat us today.

Fantastic management to injure two of our players, leaving us down to ten men for twenty minutes.

They should pull that one out more often. 

[BankEnd Rover]

Gutted at that - Hope it isn't the start of an awful festive period.

 

 

 

[chaddyrovers]

Rovers still 5th. Disappointed result and looks like we picked up possible serious injuries to Travis and Pickering, 2 players who were bang in form for us. 

2 home games to come now and we will bounce back. very confidence of that

[Bethnal]

Millwall obviously have a reputation for an agricultural approach to football, but they almost set a new level of it today. There’s an A road that runs through New Cross, but they should consider scrapping that for a full-blown bypass and just demolish the stadium, club and community, for all the good it brings the world. Horrible place and people, in my experience (and I’ve a fair amount of it).

Having said the above, we didn’t help ourselves. Such is the mentality of a club like Millwall, the ACD chance would’ve collapsed them, had it been put away. Trav getting a booking so early put him on the backfoot for the rest of the game, which opened up the middle of the park more for them. We allowed ourselves to be bullied and didn’t have much scrap in us to get even, while a poor referee didn’t fancy arbitrating. Lots of us didn’t seem up for it today, although Danny Batth did.

In isolation - a poor showing. Contextually - 6 wins in 7 is an excellent run. Sunderland a tough ask, but at home on Boxing Day is a good thing and we ought to be targeting another clean sheet against them.

[neophox]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Fantastic management to injure two of our players, leaving us down to ten men for twenty minutes.

They should pull that one out more often. 

Sub Ivanovic scored the winner. 

[M_B]

5 minutes ago, neophox said:

Tought we looked stronger before the subs.... Millwall strong at home but a point where there for the taking. Millwall management beat us today.

Think going down to 10 was probably more of a factor

Edited December 21, 2024 by M_B

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, M_B said:

Think going down to 10 was probably more of a fact

and that player being our in form captain Lewis Travis 

[neophox]

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

and that player being our in form captain Lewis Travis 

Still think we took off Amario and Todd too early...would only had prefered taking Pick off for Becks.

[G Somerset Rover]

I said the other day I wouldn’t start believing until we could claim points after falling behind. I also won’t start believing until we can start winning points at the death in matches either. It’s ALWAYS the opposition. 

[superniko]

Disappointing to see the winning run come to an end, but it had to happen eventually, and all-in-all it’s just 1 point dropped, far less frustrating than conceding late when leading by a goal.

Today was textbook championship, Millwall beat Leeds and Burnley at home. 

Glad to have 2 home games over the Christmas period - hopefully we can get something on Boxing Day to take the pressure off the Hull (our most likely W) match 

Edited December 21, 2024 by superniko

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

28 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Lack of quality off the bench. Need reinforcements desperately in January.  A midfielder who can pass forward.  A decent fucking striker. Not yuki or ghueye and someone who can do what that useless twat dolan can't do

Xmas and January may well be absolutely brutal to this team I fear.

Still 5th,better than I ever dared imagine tbh.

Edited December 21, 2024 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[superniko]

10 minutes ago, magicalmortensleftpeg said:

Grim. A waste of time for everyone who bothered to make the effort to turn up. Only one side was going to win that. Millwall had nothing about them but if you allow any side to keep throwing balls into the box eventually something will happen. 

I don’t know why we don’t do it more ourselves, especially with Gueye now. 
Whoever coaches out throw-ins needs sacking…same looped 7 yarder up the line every time leading to max-two touches before we’ve given the ball back to Millwall. 

Either play it short to feet or stick it in the mixer to our big striker who won pretty much every long ball that went his way  

Edited December 21, 2024 by superniko

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

5 minutes ago, neophox said:

Still think we took off Amario and Todd too early...would only had prefered taking Pick off for Becks.

Cantwell did nothing. Fortunate to not be replaced earlier.

Edited December 21, 2024 by magicalmortensleftpeg

[Penwortham Blue]

3 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

I said the other day I wouldn’t start believing until we could claim points after falling behind. I also won’t start believing until we can start winning points at the death in matches either. It’s ALWAYS the opposition. 

Your right ! I might well be wrong but the last at the death winner I can recall was when Lenehan scored against Forest at the City Ground.